2024 World Emerging Security Forum

SPEAKERS

2024 World Emerging Security Forum

Opening Ceremony

CHO Tae-yul

Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Korea

Dan SMITH

Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

LEE Kwang-hyung

President, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Carl BILDT

Former Prime Minister, Sweden /
Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

James Andrew LEWIS

Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic & International Studies

LIM Jong-in

Special Cyber Secretary to the President, Republic of Korea

Ian BREMMER *Virtual

President and Founder,
Eurasia Group and GZERO Media

Daniel
HUTTENLOCHER *Virtual

Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Tshilidzi MARWALA *Virtual

Rector, UN University

SESSION 1

AI and technologies: Anticipating global security challenges

Wilfred WAN

WMD Programme Director and Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Zena ASSAAD

Senior lecturer, The Australian National University

Ariel CONN

Expert Consultant , Institute for Defense Analysis

Laura GREGO

Senior Scientist & Research Director, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists

James Andrew LEWIS

Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic & International Studies

Nobumasa AKIYAMA

Professor at the School of International and Public Policy and the Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University

Michael KARIMIAN

Director, Digital Diplomacy, Microsoft

Jimena Sofia
VIVEROS ALVAREZ

OECD AI Expert

Jongjin KIM

Senior Vice President and Deputy Leader of Space R&D Center, Hanwha Systems

Ylli BAJRAKTARI

President and CEO, Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)

SESSION 2

Defending cyberspace: Understanding the evolution of cyber threats

Sohyun SHIN

Associate Research Fellow, Asan Institute for Policy Studies

Christopher PORTER

Head of International Security Cooperation, Google

Irene CORPUZ

Strategic Steering Committee (SSC) Member, Global Forum for Cyber Expertise (GFCE)

Neil J. WALSH

Executive Secretary – GlobE Anti-Corruption Network and Chief of Law Enforcement and Strategic Networks, UN Office on Drugs and Crime

Allison PYTLAK

Senior Fellow and Cyber Program Director, Stimson Center

Jungmin KANG

Professor, Department of AI and Cybersecurity, Korea University

Manon LE BLANC

Coordinator for Cyber Issues, European External Action Service (EEAS)

SESSION 3

The battle for technological dominance: Competition in mineral, chips, and batteries

Jingdong YUAN

Director, China and Asia Security Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Sophia KALANTZAKOS

Global Distinguished Professor, Environmental Studies and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi

Zainab USMAN

Director, Africa Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Frank UMBACH

Head of Research of EUCERS/CASSIS, University of Bonn and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore

Yu Jie

Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House

Junhyeok PARK

Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

2024 World Emerging Security Forum

Closing Session

RHEE Dong-ryul

Ambassador for Cyber Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dan SMITH

Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)